Braden Mullen is a defensive lineman who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Charlotte.
Mullen wins the gap play after play. Arrived at Charlotte from Dartmouth. A game that shows it: 6 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against South Florida — Week 6, 2025.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
19 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 3 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Charlotte | 19 | 5 | 3.0 | 0.5 | 1 |
| Career | 19 | 5 | 3.0 | 0.5 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 11-34vs App State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 3-20vs North Carolina | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 17-28vs Rice | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 26-54@ South Florida | 6 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 7-24@ Army | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 14-49vs Temple | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 20-54vs North Texas | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 22-48@ East Carolina | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 7-28vs UTSA | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 0-27@ No. 22 Tulane | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 19 | 5 | 3.0 | 0.5 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
16%3 TFLSack rate
3%0 sacksHurry rate
11%2 hurries19 tackles · 3 for loss · 0.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 2.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tim Albin
Pass share
51.4%
379 pass / 358 run
Plays / game
61.4
12 games
Team sack rate
6.6%
408 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-AAC
Based on 2025: #42 of 53 American Athletic DLs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
